Crawford Path

HikerNerd routes on this trail

• Presi TraverseMount Washington, Mount Adams, Mount Jefferson, Mount Monroe, Mount Madison, Mount Eisenhower, Mount Pierce (Clinton)
• Pierce and EisenhowerMount Eisenhower, Mount Pierce (Clinton)
• Mount Monroe via Ammonoosuc RavineMount Monroe
• Mount Pierce via Crawford PathMount Pierce (Clinton)

Mile by mile (map miles)

From Crawford Path Trailhead (the lower end) to Mount Washington.

1. 0.0Crawford Path Trailhead
2. 0.2Junction with Crawford Cliff Trail and Crawford Connector
3. 0.4Junction with Gibbs Falls Spur
4. 0.4Gibbs Falls
5. 1.6Junction with Mizpah Cutoff
6. 1.9Crosses a stream
7. 2.7Junction with Webster Cliff Trail
8. 3.7Leaves the trees: exposed above treeline
9. 3.8Junction with Mount Eisenhower Loop
10. 4.3Junction with Edmands Path and Mount Eisenhower Loop
11. 4.3Red Pond
12. 4.5Junction with Mount Eisenhower Trail
13. 5.2Junction with Mount Franklin Loop
14. 5.3Junction with Mount Franklin Trail
15. 5.6Junction with Mount Monroe Loop
16. 5.8Junction with Mount Monroe Loop
17. 6.3Junction with Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail, Dry River Trail and Mount Monroe Loop
18. 6.4Lakes of the Clouds Hut
19. 6.5Lower Lake of the Clouds
20. 6.5Junction with Camel Trail and Tuckerman Crossover
21. 7.2Junction with Davis Path and Westside Trail
22. 7.6Junction with Gulfside Trail
23. 7.7Junction with Gulfside Trail, Mt. Washington Summit Stairs, Nelson Crag Trail and Trinity Heights Connector
24. 7.8Mount Washington

Distances and book times (map miles)

1. To Crawford Cliff Trail / Crawford Connector junction

   0.24 mi (total 0.24) · ↑169 ↓0 ft · 12 min / 7 min

2. To Gibbs Falls Spur junction

   0.14 mi (total 0.38) · ↑127 ↓0 ft · 8 min / 4 min

3. To Mizpah Cutoff junction

   1.25 mi (total 1.63) · ↑1,260 ↓0 ft · 1 h 15 min / 38 min

4. To Webster Cliff Trail junction

   1.07 mi (total 2.70) · ↑764 ↓0 ft · 55 min / 32 min

5. To Mount Eisenhower Loop junction

   1.11 mi (total 3.81) · ↑375 ↓209 ft · 44 min / 40 min

6. To Edmands Path / Mount Eisenhower Loop junction

   0.48 mi (total 4.29) · ↑92 ↓56 ft · 17 min / 16 min

7. To Mount Eisenhower Trail junction

   0.21 mi (total 4.50) · ↑56 ↓40 ft · 8 min / 8 min

8. To Mount Franklin Loop junction

   0.70 mi (total 5.20) · ↑477 ↓19 ft · 35 min / 22 min

9. To Mount Franklin Trail junction

   0.14 mi (total 5.34) · ↑32 ↓9 ft · 5 min / 4 min

10. To Mount Monroe Loop junction (mile 5.6)

    0.27 mi (total 5.61) · ↑102 ↓7 ft · 11 min / 8 min

11. To Mount Monroe Loop junction (mile 5.8)

    0.15 mi (total 5.76) · ↑63 ↓0 ft · 7 min / 5 min

12. To Lakes of the Clouds Hut

    0.61 mi (total 6.37) · ↑54 ↓156 ft · 20 min / 23 min

13. To Camel Trail and Tuckerman Crossover junction

    0.16 mi (total 6.53) · ↑79 ↓0 ft · 7 min / 5 min

14. To Davis Path junction

    0.65 mi (total 7.18) · ↑502 ↓0 ft · 35 min / 20 min

15. To Gulfside Trail junction

    0.43 mi (total 7.61) · ↑529 ↓0 ft · 29 min / 13 min

16. To Mount Washington

    0.19 mi (total 7.80) · ↑127 ↓0 ft · 10 min / 6 min

↑ walking from Crawford Path Trailhead; ↓ the other way. Book time: 2 mph over the map miles plus 30 minutes per 1,000 ft of climbing.

Trailheads and parking

• Crawford Path Trailhead

  Off Crawford Notch Road

  Fall weekends: Had space in both reports, as late as 8:30 am.

  Weekdays (all seasons): Full in 1 of 3 reports, as early as 12 pm; others found space as late as 9:15 am.

  Latest report, Sun, Sep 13: Plenty of room.

  All parking reports for Crawford Path Trailhead

Summit conditions

Recent trip reports

7 reports on this trail in the last 30 days: snow or ice in 1, microspikes recommended in 0, mud in 6. From hikers on New England Trail Conditions.

• Sat, Oct 3MudWetLeavesDry

  Water crossings: All rock hops

  Full report on NETC
• Sat, Oct 3WetDry

  Water crossings: All were easy to hop across

  Full report on NETC
• Sat, Oct 3MudWetDry

  Water crossings: No issues

  Full report on NETC
• Wed, Sep 23IceMudDry
  Full report on NETC
• Wed, Sep 16MudWetDry

  Water crossings: There still is little water flowing down the streams. The crossings low down, at the Gem Pool and higher up were not a problem. At that last one, as usually is the case, there is that very shallow flow that is a multi-step but perhaps just a half inch deep flow that is no problem for waterproof footwear but otherwise a tip-toe sneaker soaker. The two crossings low down on Jewell are via narrow foot bridges.

  Full report on NETC

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